Beef & Broccoli (Post #3)

Although broccoli has always been my favorite vegetable, my first time having this dish wasn't until I was almost a teenager. My aunt Suki made this for dinner one night during one our annual summer trips and I've loved it ever since. This specific recipe however is not hers, rather another version I found on YouTube.

Ingredients 

1pd flank steak (cut into 1inch-ish pieces)
2 heads of broccoli (cut into florets)
3 carrots (peeled and slices)
3 cloves of garlic (peeled and crushed)
Black pepper 
Chili flakes 
2tbps corn starch/2tbps water mixed

Sauce
1/3cup soy sauce 
1/4cup honey
1/4cup brown sugar
Chili flakes

Put the sliced steak in a bowl and mix it with the crushed garlic, black pepper, chili flakes, and enough soy sauce to marinate but not drown the meat in it. Marinate covered in the fridge overnight or at least a few hours.

Add all the sauce ingredients in a small pot or small pan, turn the burner on low and let it all melt/combine on a low simmer. Once it's all melted and mixed it's ready.

Heat your wok or large on medium high. Once the pan is smoking add a little vegetable oil and then add the meat. Cook it enough the brown it then remove from the pan along with the juice from the meat. Be sure to separate them. Add the juice from the meat to the sauce and mix. Add a little more oil back into the pan and cook carrots until almost as soft or firm as you want. Add broccoli stir/cover until almost as soft or firm as you want.

Turn off the burner then add the meat back into the pan along with sauce and corn starch/water mixture. Mix everything until well combined then it's done. Serve and enjoy. 

The only change I made to the original recipe is the addition of chili flakes. I've never been a big fan of hot sauce but I add chili flakes to most of the meals I cook. I think they add a nice amount of heat. 

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